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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 5, Book 5 : Chapter 1, Sophy.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Rousseau explain the relations of the sexes?
(a) As complementary differences.
(b) As warring opposites.
(c) As equals competing for superiority.
(d) As master (or mistress) and slave.

2. What practice does Rousseau say degrades women?
(a) Giving their children up for adoption.
(b) Marrying a man.
(c) Taking in other women's children.
(d) Working in men's professions.

3. What does Rousseau say about self-love?
(a) It is a beast.
(b) It is a necessary stage.
(c) It is healthy and natural.
(d) It is the goal of growth.

4. Where does Rousseau say a woman's status is highest?
(a) In the birthing room as a midwife.
(b) In a woman's job.
(c) In any man's job.
(d) In the nursery as a mother.

5. What is the ultimate goal of Rousseau's educational philosophy?
(a) A student who can quote scripture for anything that happens, no matter how rare or unusual.
(b) A student who can discern the difference between not knowing and ineffective grasps at knowledge.
(c) A student who acts as a repository for facts and theories for the benefit of the society around him.
(d) A student who can observe the laws of the government and of the church.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rousseau say supplies the greatest motivational force for a student?

2. What is Rousseau's ideal for child rearing?

3. What does Rousseau say is the particular challenge for women?

4. How does Rousseau answer Emile's question about where babies come from?

5. What does Rousseau say he wants Emile to learn?

(see the answer key)

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